Mission:
- To provide a forum for individuals to network and share genealogical and historical research methodology.
- To enhance the heritage of African-Americans.
- To work cooperatively with other Chapters and groups to exchange ideas and experi...

In 1976, Millard Fuller founded Habitat for Humanity with those words. Pittsburgh Habitat is one of over 2,300 affiliates of Habitat for Humanity International, a non-profit Christian housing ministry in over 90 countries, working to eliminate poverty housing worldwide. The ...

The Township of Indiana was incorporated in 1805 and is 17+ square miles in size. It was the fourth township formed in Allegheny County north of the Ohio and Allegheny Rivers. The Township has approximately 30 miles of its own roads and there are more than 22 miles of State ...

The Borough of Forest Hills, Pennsylvania is located approximately 7 miles east of downtown Pittsburgh, PA. Founded on July 29th, 1919, Forest Hills boasts many desirable attributes, including well-established, family-friendly neighborhoods, beautiful tree-lined streets, and...

Braddock Hills, a small borough on the hilltops to the north and west of the region first known as Braddock's Field, is now the boroughs of Braddock, North Braddock and Rankin.
The Two main roads of the early days are still the main roads through Braddock Hills. Brinton ...

East Hills International Studies Academy combines a standards-based instructional program with daily instruction in French language and culture. In the primary grades, students acquire proficiency in a second language naturally through song and simple vocabulary, such as gre...

The Whitaker family emigrated from Maryland and settled on an 800-acre farm overlooking the Monongahela River in approximately 1785, but left the area before the Civil War. After the Civil War, A. S. Gearing of Pittsburgh bought much of the farm and broke it down into lots....

Woodland Hills High School, a large and diverse school representing twelve communities, provides each student with challenging and supportive educational opportunities that foster person excellence and responsible engagement in curricular and extracurricular activities throu...

Mission :
Woodland Hills School District makes students its first priority. The District provides each student with an excellent educational experience that is driven by the highest expectations and prepares students for meaningful participation in all facets of society.Cor...

To provide students with the skills, knowledge, and behaviors to enhance their growth academically, physically, socially, and emotionally throughout their elementary school years and beyond.
Ours will be a school in which everyone is a partner in learning. Students, staff...

Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh Squirrel Hill, the 18th branch library of the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh, was dedicated on December 13, 1972. The library is located at the corner of Forbes and Murray Avenues in the heart of the business district.
On April 19, 20...

Taylor Allderdice, one of the largest of the Pittsburgh Public School's ten traditional urban high schools, is a comprehensive (grades 9-12) neighborhood school drawing students from nine diverse communities and offering all academic programs at the gifted (CAS), scholars (P...

Chatham College is home to 1,200 undergraduate and graduate students on 32 park-like acres in the Shadyside area of Pittsburgh. The College's $54.9 million (as of 6/30/04) endowment is among the largest per student in the nation. Chatham remains a private, selective, fully a...

Duquesne University is a private, coeducational university located on a bluff above downtown Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1878 as a Catholic college by the Order of the Holy Spirit, Duquesne is the largest and most comprehensive Catholic university in Pennsylvania, a...

Founded in 1787 as a small, private school, the Pittsburgh Academy was located in a log cabin near Pittsburgh's three rivers. In the 219 years since, the University has evolved into an internationally recognized center of learning and research.
Private through much of its ...

There are approximately 750 students at the Intermediate School in Grades 3 to 5. At this level, students begin to develop their personal responsibility, self-reliance, and creativity. The core curriculum is comprised of language arts, mathematics, science, social studies, h...

There are approximately 750 students at the Primary School in kindergarten through Grade 2. The educational program boasts a full-day, developmental kindergarten and an elementary foreign language program in Spanish. Through collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University and ...

Mission: A community dedicated to shared leadership, is to graduate students who achieve personal success by providing an exceptional academic foundation in a safe, nurturing environment that inspires creativity and innovation while embracing diversity....

Green Tree is located approximately two miles southwest of Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania in the rolling green hills of Allegheny County. From its upscale residential areas, to its thriving business and commercial districts, many hotels (Best Western, Hampton Inn, Quality Suites, ...

The Green Tree Public Library began in 1942 with fifteen members of the Green Tree Woman's Club "Book Circle," later known as the Literary Group. These women each paid dues of $2.00. The dues were placed into a fund from which books were purchased and circulated within the g...

Mission :
To provide business leadership;
To promote a favorable business climate; To keep its members informed
on vital issues; To work for the betterment of the community. The South
Hills Chamber of Commerce is an action-oriented business organization
incorporated ...

A traveler coming by ship into the great harbor of New York City cannot help but be awe-struck by the imposing sight of the Statue of Liberty. Standing proudly atop a pedestal some 306 feet tall, with broken chains of vanquished tyranny and oppression beneath her feet, majes...

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